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[canid]

this is a sgian dubh i'm working on.

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i have no idea the composition of the steel, so the heat treat will be an adventure. it's in the early stages. i'd like to put a taper one it, like a flat bevel, but i don't know if i have the patience for it atm.

i have some antler in mind for the handle, when the time comes [thank you Hunter]

i'll be working on the other knives soon [from crash's l-6 stock], and i should have the use of my friend's dremel today.

[welderguy]

I love that file work your doing, thats gonna be a nice piece of work there.
any on line tutorials on file work that you know of?

[crashdive123]

Looking good Canid.

[Rick]

Very nice piece of metal. That one's gonna look good.

[Camp10]

Looks good! What is the length?

[panch0]

Lookin good candid. I have always wanted to make a hidden tang knife. The one I was working on had the tang part break on me. It was to thin of a tang and where the pin hole was was its failure point. That tang looks like its more than thick enough. Keep it up.

[canid]

what i've been doing lately are half length push tangs. they are side notched and then set in epoxy, and have all proven to be much more durable than i would have expected, as long as the resin completely fills the cavity.

i will be doing a series with peened over stick tangs soon. i expect to have the blanks cut out within the next several hours [as soon as it's a decent hour to run power tools.

i have seen a good pictorial on scalloping/filework once upon a time, but i can't for the life of me remember where. i would have throught paleo planet, but a quick search didn't turn anything up.

i use the square edge of a file to start a 'v' groove across the spine at a 45 deg. angle, and continue until it just reaches across to the far side, and then go over it again with a small dia. round file, so that it is mostly rounded out, and only a small suggestion of the 'v' is still showing. i do these at a regular interval along one side, and then do the same for the other side in between.

i'm not very good at it, and i have some more fancy stuff i've seen others do which i plan to try when the chance arises.

the blade length is about 4 1/3 - 4 1/2". i like knives in the 4-6" range for a daily carry as a matter of personal preference.

[gryffynklm]

Nice work as usual.

[Ole WV Coot]

Bruce Evans has some good stuff on file work, especially vine & arrowhead. Google Bruce Evans-custom knives and take a gander. He's easily understood and great tutorials. IM less than HO.

[canid]

i think that the blade will clean up pretty well after the heat treat, when i take the 800-2000 paper to it

the pitting is minimal, evenly distributed and so should lend nice character to the blade.

[welderguy]

Bruce Evans has some good stuff on file work, especially vine & arrowhead. Google Bruce Evans-custom knives and take a gander. He's easily understood and great tutorials. IM less than HO.

Thanks WV good info , maybe in the near future Ill give that fancy stuff a try.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

Looks Good Canid! Maybe a white vinegar or mustard patina?

[canid]

might be an idea.

surely it will work better than my tannic acid stain/etch attempt. i've gotta work on that one.

[rebel]

Looks great! Nice file work too.

[pocomoonskyeyes]

Here's a tutorial for "Vine" filework:
http://www.frycustomknives.com/?page_id=578
He also has some other Tutorials there as well.
Where I "followed" to that link is from here where there are more Tutorials.-
http://knifedogs.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80

[canid]

well i'm gonna' get it now.

my friend loaned me his precious dremel 400 xpr, a tool he takes quite seriously, and for which he owns every attachment.

i had been warned, was fully aware that it overheats quickly, and cools back down slowly, but i burned out the windings. it don't think it shorted [it didn't even start smoking untill i stopped to let it cool], and it may be salvageable, but i'm not looking forward to breaking the news.

this comes immediately after he helped me greatly in equipping my workshop yesterday. i hate breaking other people's things. it makes me feel like i'm 5-10 years old again.


[update]
the dremel lives. no short

[hunter63]

Nice, can't wait to see the finial product.
Dremel thermally protected, maybe?

[canid]

i suppose it has a high temp insulation on the windings [the thing runs really hot even before it overheats], and it has a blower [which is moronically located such as to vent the hot air right into your hand while in use].

btw; i have an update. this is the dry fitment of the handle [blade still needs to be heat treated and finished]:

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the handle is antler and pronghorn, courtesy of hunter. i would have liked to fuller the blade. i'm still trying to decide what else i want to do to the handle.

[Camp10]

Good to hear the dremel made it!! Nice looking knife!

[hunter63]

Alright,..... I'm liking it even more now.